Your teeth play an important role in your overall health as well as your appearance. So, naturally, you want to do
everything you can to keep them healthy and looking good.
Sometimes, however, tooth decay advances to a point where a tooth is too weak to survive with just a direct restoration or
filling. Instead, your dentist may recommend an indirect restoration, also known as a crown or bridge. In these cases,
the decayed area is removed and the restoration is fitted over the original tooth.
This is a step that can help preserve the health and appearance of your smile.
Just as important, Lava zirconia restorations can be matched precisely to the color of your own teeth and provide the natural
translucency that metal-based restorations cant.
The evolution of restorations.
Traditionally, crowns and bridges were made of metal,
because it is strong and relatively inexpensive.
Then came porcelain fused to metal restorations, which
came closer to the look of real teeth and provided strength,
durability and fit.
But it is difficult to achieve the translucency of your natural
teeth with a restoration that has a metal framework. Light
does not pass through the metal restoration like it does
through your own teeth, leaving a dull, lifeless appearance.
In addition, over time, the metal framework can
leave a dark ridge where the gums recede.
Fit
Precision computer design system results in excellent fit
Strength Lava zirconia provides high strength performance and reliability
Beauty
Natural translucency and patented shading system produce
unmatched esthetics
Your patients deserve something more precious than metal.
Prescribe Lava Crowns and Bridges and bring out the natural
beauty in their smile.
Current Indications
Single crowns Splinted crowns Cantilever bridges
with cantilever unit on premolar or incisor3 Inlay and onlay
bridges3 Maryland bridges3 6-unit bridges with up to 4
pontics in the anterior region Custom implant abutments
Porcelain-Fused-to-Metal Metal can show over time.
Lava™ Zirconia
Lava Zirconia offers the benefits of porcelain fused to metal strength and longevity.
How Lava zirconia restorations are made.
To make a Lava™ crown or bridge
Our dentist will take an impression of your mouth, and send it to a laboratory. There,
a technician, using computer-aided design technology, will use the impression to create a model of your mouth.
After creating a precise framework for your restoration, a dental technician will build up layers of ceramic onto the
framework so that the final restoration will match your natural teeth.
The completed restoration will then be delivered to your dentist who will fit it for you.
